NMFS Reallocates Pacific Cod to Promote Groundfish Fishery Goals

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is reallocating unused Pacific cod from trawl catcher/processors to vessels using hook-and-line or pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area, and from vessels using jig gear to vessels using hook-and-line or pot gear in the same area, to meet the 1997 total allowable catch of Pacific cod and support the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area.